at less than $500 retail today, your iPad seems like a winner! And, its got a black face plate cover. Oh, wow!

those schools who have stocked up on the Amazon Kindle should return them

don’t know the facts yet, but if you gotta pay Apple big licensing fees to make software that will run on it, then its a PROBLEM. If the iPad software licensing policy descriminates against FOSS programers then they should be pissed about this.

– Apple should co-invest with LTE wireless technology companies to insure this thing will run everywhere there is oxygen and LTE cells on the planet.

prediction: African entrepeneurs who live in areas on Africa’s continent where there is no governmental mission to administer and monetize waste disposables could enjoy the largest profits by producing and selling cool iPad covers and cases for the unit as they work with those abundant raw materials their communities dump into the trash bin.